With AVRDC’s ZECC (zero energy cooling chamber), small-scale farmers can manage the cold chain for fresh produce from the farm all the way to the end user.

Management of the cold chain for fresh produce from the farm all the way to the end user is a challenge for many small-scale farmers in Africa. How can vegetable farmers cut their losses?

A recent episode of Food Friday, a television program aired by NTV Kenya, focused on postharvest handling of fresh vegetables and the low cost, no-energy technologies farmers are adopting to keep their produce cool — including AVRDC’s ZECC (zero energy cooling chamber).

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VTIC VEGETABLES: African eggplant seedlings thrive in the nursery at the WorldVeg Gbondoi Vegetable Technology Immersion Cluster (VTIC) in Liberia. VTICs bring communities together to learn about and try new vegetable production technologies.

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